THE HYSTERESIS LOOP 3. STRESS‐DIP EXPERIMENTS

Abstract

Abstract— A stress‐dip technique for the determination of an effective stress in cyclic straining has been improved. The critical stress drop, ΔσC, for which zero strain relaxation rate is observed can be obtained from experiments. The significance of this quantity is discussed in terms of the statistical theory of the hysteresis loop. The measurements of the effective stress at different temperatures and along the hysteresis loop are reported. The observed asymmetry of stress in cyclic straining is ascribed to asymmetry of effective stress.